Botley, Berkshire
Historical Description
Botley, a hamlet in North Hinksey parish, Berks, 2 miles W of Oxford, under which it has a post office.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Berkshire | |
| Hundred | Hormer | |
| Poor Law union | Abingdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Churches
Church of England
St. Paul's chapel of ease
St. Paul's, a chapel of ease to Ferry-Hinksey church, is a temporary zinc structure, and seats 250; the church stands on ground given by the Earl of Abingdon.
Baptist
Baptist Chapel
There is a Baptist chapel.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Botley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Botley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Berkshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, and 1665-6 is available online.